162 THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D.,' M.R.A.S., ON 
‘For Assur, the father of the gods, his lord, 
Sargon, king of the world, king of Assyria, 
magnate of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, 
has caused this pavement to be laid, and with bricks of the 
sacred oven, 
the pathway of the court of E-hursag-gal-kurkura 
he has made bright like the day.’”* 
This “pathway” finds a parallel in the festival-street at 
sabylon, and was probably for the processions of the gods when 
their statues were carried round to visit other shrines and 
temples, both of the city ASSur and the neighbouring towns. 
One of the pictures published shows the entrance to the 
room designated F, looking from the courtyard. Before it is the 
pavement of Sargon, and below that, the older pavement. The 
earthen vessel near the centre is said to be a collecting vase, 
possibly for offerings. 
The desolation which this once flourishing town and feauple 
present may be gathered from the general view from the East, 
showing the remains of the old North and the late West temple- 
towers. On the left are the lowest foundation-courses of the 
courtyard-wall, and in the middle are the remains of walls of 
some of the rooms. The remains of the late West temple- 
tower are to be seen behind. 
Naturally there is much to say concerning these interesting 
and extensive ruins, which testify, among many others, to the 
great and active life of the ancient cities of Assyria, at one time 
the scourge of the then known world. The walls and their 
gates, the numerous other temples, especially those of Assur, 
Nebo, and Eres-ki-gal, the Queen of Hades; the palaces; the 
platiorms ; which you have seen in the plan; and the “ hunting- 
box ” of Sennacherib, which lay outside the walls to the north- 
west, all present points of interest. Descriptions of these, 
however, will be best undertaken when satisfactory monographs 
* The following are the two versions of this inscription of Sargon, and 
will give an idea of the differences of the two idioms :— 
1. Assyrian. 
Ana Assur abi tani béli-Su Sarru-ukin Sar kissati Sar mét A%sur Sakkanok 
Bab-ili sar mat Sumeri wu Akkadi uSalbin-ma agurre utuni lliti tallakti 
kisal B- hur-sag-gal-kurkurra kima ame unammir. 
2. Sumerian. 
Assur adda dimmerene lugalanir Sarra-ukin lugal kisara lugal mada 
Assur-ge neuru Tindir lugal Ningi-Ura-bi segalurra udun azagga 
amenidudu negin kisal k- hur-sag-gal-kurkurra t-dime ban-lah. 
